When Temperatures Rise, Keep Food Safety Top of Mind
Tayler Greenwood2025-07-15T02:12:39+00:00Summer brings a welcome increase in business for many restaurants, catering services, and event venues. It certainly did for the restaurant that I [...]
Safely Shopping at Farmers’ Markets: A Food Safety Guide for Foodservice Operators and Chefs
Tayler Greenwood2025-06-10T19:28:11+00:00Farmers’ markets are an appealing source of fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients for individuals and families across the United States. They also provide [...]
Ice Machines, Beverage Dispensers & Other Overlooked Food Safety Hazards
Tayler Greenwood2025-06-10T19:21:58+00:00At the end of the spring semester in our campus food production lab, we’re fortunate to have the opportunity to hit pause and [...]
Navigating the Latest Listeria Outbreak
Michelle Greenwood2024-02-09T16:09:15+00:00I am starting to feel like a member of the Bad News Bears, the guy that is always focused on the negative. You might [...]
E. Coli Outbreaks, The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Food Safety Experts2024-01-03T22:58:00+00:00Late in December, in response to possible E. coli contamination, we saw a recall issued for 7,000 pounds of ground beef. While 7,000 pounds [...]
A Fresh Start: Recommitting Yourself and Your Business to Food Safety in 2024
Food Safety Experts2024-01-03T21:11:06+00:00As we get settled into the new year and leave the hustle and bustle of the holiday season behind, it is the perfect time [...]
Produce Safety: A Growing Concern
Food Safety Experts2021-08-04T21:59:40+00:00Fifteen to 20 years ago, if you would have asked a restaurant manager about food safety, she or he would have likely engaged you in a deep conversation about end-point cooking temperatures of meat and poultry products, limiting cross contamination, and the temperature danger zone. Missing from the conversation would have been much, if any, discussion about fresh produce safety. Then, we didn’t think anyone could get sick from lettuce or tomatoes. Then in 2006 – we had the BIG bagged lettuce national outbreak followed by outbreaks of listeria and salmonella from cantaloupes in 2011 and 2012. Now, we know better.
